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Entomology - Alexander S. Raikhel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | A protease responsible for specific cleavage of the pro-Vg molecule was identified. |
| | This was the first demonstration that subtilisin-like pro-protein convertases, which are serine proteases implicated in proteolytic processing of neurohormone precursors, are involved in the processing of a major secretory protein. |
| | A new biological phenomenon discovered by my research group is that the fat body, an insect metabolic tissue that is analogous to the vertebrate liver, produces several pro-enzymes in addition to Vg. |
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